Charges won't be filed in October shooting death of 4-year-old

12:19 AM,
Mar. 3, 2014

Zoie Dougan

Written by

Stephen Herzog
SHERZOG@NEWS-LEADER.COM

The Christian County prosecutor has determined there will be no charges filed in the October death of a 4-year-old that happened while a man was target shooting.

Prosecutor Amy Fite told a reporter Wednesday that she made the decision not to file charges after reviewing statements from the sheriff's department. She didn't explain her rationale, but sheriff's documents released at the News-Leader's request show the man who was target shooting did not know the child, Zoie Dougan, was in front of him when he fired a rifle.

In addition, statements say he had not been drinking, was distraught and ...